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Definition of Idleness

1. Noun. Having no employment.

2. Noun. The quality of lacking substance or value. "The groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized"

3. Noun. The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work.

Definition of Idleness

1. n. The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

Definition of Idleness

1. Noun. The state of being idle; inactivity. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being indolent; indolence ¹

3. Noun. Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Idleness

1. the state of being idle [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Idleness

1. The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness. Synonym: Inaction, indolence, sluggishness, sloth. Origin: AS. Idelnes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Idleness

idiyappam idjut idjuts idle idle hands are the devil's playthings idle hands are the devil's tools idle hands are the devil's workshop idle pulley idle talk idle wheel

idle words idled idlehead idlehood idlehoods idleness (current term) idlenesses idler idler pulley idlers

idles idlesse idlesses idlest idleth idli idlike idling idlingly idlings

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